Talk:Dallas Independent School District

No mention of district HISTORY?

This is absurd ... how can we have an article on DISD that doesn't mention any of the district's historical controversies? No mention of the 1958 desegregation suit that was in effect for decades, no mention of Yvonne Gonzalez (!!) nor of the period in the early 1990s when the district almost lost its state accreditation because of the school board's constant feuding? OK, I'll work on it, but with so many Dallasites on Wikipedia, you'd think this article -- and the related high-school articles -- would get a little more attention. Lawikitejana 17:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: The article could use a section on the superintendents as well -- In my memory, working backward, there's Dr. Michael Hinojosa (current), Dr. Mike Moses?, Dr. Yvonne González (1st woman, 1st Hispanic, and - sadly - 1st embezzler [we hope! - note: is not libel - was convicted and imprisoned), Dr. Chad Woolery, Linus Wright (did I skip someone?), Nolan Estes, and I don't remember further back than that, although I think W. T. White HS was named for a former superintendent. I tried Googling for a listing of all of them, but believe it or not, there doesn't seem to be one ANYWHERE. Maybe I can copy down a list the next time I've got business down on Ross Avenue. Lawikitejana 03:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

:Superintendents: Go to the Dallas ISD headquarters (3700 Ross, East Dallas) and look on the wall by Dr. Hinojosa's office. There are pictures and names of (I think) all the superintendents Dallas ISD has had. --Edward (talk) 23:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Mike Miles succeeds Michael Hinojosa, officially on June 2, 2012 -- but he works on a contract until his official term begins. See Dallas Morning News, Page 1, Friday May 11, 2012, "Miles sets tough goals; 90% graduation rate, educator scrutiny, jobs among his objectives."Edarrell (talk) 23:25, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Assistant Superintendent Alan King, CPA, served as interim superintendent: http://www.dallasisd.org/domain/448 Edarrell (talk) 23:29, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Dallas Morning News education blog report about goals of new super Mike Miles: http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/05/explore-superintendent-mike-mi.htmlEdarrell (talk) 23:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

On June 26, 2015, DISD announced that Michael Hinojosa would be returning as the interim superintendent after the abrupt departure of Mike Miles. Heyyouoverthere (talk) 20:00, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I started working on this off and on for the past few years. Mostly off due to the lack of support or just pushback from the district itself. I did read through some info down at the main Dallas library on Young street and found some additional stuff this summer while I was down adjuncting at UT-Austin. This will take a while to filter through it all and make it manageable for Wikipedia. Heyyouoverthere (talk) 15:11, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

School Tables aren't necessary

I definitely recognize that someone put a great deal of work into them, but the massive tables listing minute details about individual schools are definitely more than what needs to be in a school district article. I would delete them altogether, but perhaps someone attached to them could move them to their own article and just link to them from here... --24.155.77.211 08:16, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

• The schools are supposed to have their own articles. The school tables look pretty, but I guess we should ask around to see if they are needed. WhisperToMe 15:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • IMO, definitely overkill for this article. Maybe break them off into an article titled something like List of schools in Dallas Independent School District? Would the tables be violating any WP policy on "List of..." articles though?? --SSTwinrova 03:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
    • The article is way, way too long. I'm spinning off the tables into an article of their own. If that article violates anything in WP:SAL, then someone else can take care of deleting the new daughter article. If a list doesn't belong in Wikipedia, it makes no difference whether it's part of an article or a separate article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
      • Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Much better. --Hebisddave 21:03, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Dallas ISD school board history

I'm not sure where to mention this, but I found Divided She Stands from the Dallas Observer - August 16, 2001 - it is about a controversial board member. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:50, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

The school board has a long history of strife — when I first started teaching, in 1990-91 (in a neighboring district), the Texas Education Agency threatened to yank the district's accreditation if the school board members couldn't quit bickering and learn to put the students first. The current school board is under fire for the fact that while district employees are forbidden to do business with the district, the board members are not, and the president of the board has a company that does $9 million of business with the district. We need articles on this area as well.Lawikitejana (talk) 21:42, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Recently added dropout section

While dropout statistics are useful, all material must have a neutral point of view, use reliable sources, and not be promotional. The recently added material failed on all 3 counts. I edited it down and replaced references with more suitable references from more reliable sources. I had to sacrifice one paragraph that was completely promotional in tone. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 02:48, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Boundary maps

As a reference, here is "Attendance Zone Maps." which has all DISD attendance zones! WhisperToMe (talk) 04:42, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

DISD Bond

http://www.dallasisd2008bond.org/ WhisperToMe (talk) 05:13, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Ethnicity maps 2010

• Percent Asian: http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/2711/DallasISD_AsianThemeVTD_Map.pdf
• Percent Black: http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/2711/DallasISD_BlackThemeVTD_Map.pdf
• Percent Hispanic: http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/2711/DallasISD_HispanicThemeVTD_Map.pdf

WhisperToMe (talk) 00:47, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Old websites

• http://web.archive.org/web/20040223070042/http://www.dallasisd.org/schools/es/t_z/walnut_hill/walnuthillppt/walnuthill/walnuthill.PPT says:
  • Walnut Hill's site was at http://www.dallas.isd.tenet.edu/ES/t_z/walnut_hill/wh_home.html
• "2010 - 2011 MAGNET SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS."

WhisperToMe (talk) 10:49, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Thompson

• http://www.dallasisd.org/Page/12077 - HS Thompson had 875 students in 1999, and over 200 in 2012

WhisperToMe (talk) 10:28, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

More sources

• Schutze, Jim. "Running from DISD." Dallas Observer. Thursday July 4, 2013.

WhisperToMe (talk) 20:16, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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This article is practically a list. It needs expansion in terms of history, importance, regions, etc. drumguy8800 C T 04:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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Superintendents

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I've added a list of Superintendents to this article, but it is only the past eight. I am having difficulty locating a verifiable source of any superintendents beyond this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Harry. PhillyHarold (talk) 04:31, 13 March 2019 (UTC)